C45 Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.e5)

This game was played in the 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament. Out of the forty games that started in this tournament, seven are still in progress and only by winning all remaining games can I fight for the third place or in very unlikely event for the second place. This game is yet another example where when the difference in playing strength is too great, the game is a bit too one-sided. That being said I still think I can lose against almost anyone who plays against me. The reason for that is the fact that if I don't have all my focus on the game, my playing strength drops several hundred points. I have added two mate in twos, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five today. My game load finally shows some signs of decreasing into something more maintainable as I have only 252 games in progress at the moment. It might be only momentary though as some of the tournaments I play have not yet gone into the next round. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

Game number two. This one is a short timeout win for me but the position is dire for my opponent as well. This game was played in a tournament called 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III. There are still eight players in the tournament that have theoretical chances to win it. I am among those eight still but for how long I do not know. I am also currently on shared eight place but still a lot of games to play, so where I will end up in the final standings is still wide open. In this 21 player tournament everyone will play against each other twice so you get 40 simultaneous games just from this tournament alone.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "bttnpshrx"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1386"] [BlackElo "1832"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {C45 Scotch Game} 5. e5 {C45 Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit} Nxe5 6. Bg5 {-1.81/19} ({White should try} 6. Qe2 $1 $15 {-0.39/20} Qe7 7. Nc3 (7. Nf5 Qb4+ 8. Nc3 d6 9. Ne3 Be7 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. O-O-O c6 12. f4 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 h5 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Rhe1 d5 18. Na4 Qd4 19. c4 Ng4 20. f5 Nh8 21. Bxg4 hxg4 {Rositsan,B-Ziatdinov,R (2515) Toronto 1998 0-1 (33)}) (7. Bf4 d6 8. Qb5+ Nc6+ 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxc7 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc7 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. O-O-O Rc6 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Rxd6 Rb8 21. Rxf6 {1-0 (21) Bojan,B (401) -Andreica,R (563) Voineasa 2008})) 6... d6 {-0.66/21} ({Black should play} 6... h6 $19 {-1.81/19} 7. Bf4 Ng6) 7. Qe2 $146 {-1.77/19} (7. f4 $1 $15 {-0.66/21} Ng6 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nc3) (7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. O-O-O c5 13. Nf3 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Be6 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf8 18. h3 f6 19. Bh4 Kf7 20. g4 b5 21. Bg3 Rad8 {Caporale, G-Nogueira,I Registro 1999 0-1 (36)}) 7... Qe7 $2 {-0.05/21 [#]} (7... Be7 $19 {-1.77/19 Threatening ...Nd5.} 8. Nc3 O-O) 8. Bxf6 {-0.95/19} (8. Nc3 $1 $11 { -0.05/21 keeps the balance.}) 8... Qxf6 $17 9. Qe3 {-1.90/20} (9. Nb5 $17 { -0.83/23} Kd8 10. N1c3) 9... Be7 $19 10. f3 $2 {-3.09/19} (10. Nc3 $17 { -1.36/23} c6 11. Ne4) 10... O-O 11. c3 $2 {-4.82/20} (11. Nd2 {-2.82/20}) 11... Bd7 12. Be2 d5 13. O-O Bc5 14. f4 $2 {-6.69/17} (14. Na3 {-2.39/22}) 14... Ng4 $2 {-2.45/22} (14... Nc6 {-6.69/17} 15. Rd1 Rae8) 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Nd2 $2 {-6.62/20} (17. Kh1 {-3.06/23}) 17... Bxd4+ $2 {-1.93/25} (17... Be2 {-6.62/20} 18. Qc2 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Qf2 Qb6) 18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. cxd4 Re2 20. Nf3 {-3.36/24} (20. Rf2 {-1.98/25 was necessary.}) 20... Bxf3 ({Don't play} 20... Rxb2 21. Rab1 $19) 21. Rxf3 Rxb2 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. Rd3 Re8 23. a4 Ree2 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. h4 Re4 26. Rd1 Rxf4 27. Rh3 {-6.47/20} (27. a5 $142 {-4.43/23}) 27... Rb4 28. g3 Rfxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 30. a5 c5 31. Rh2 c4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rd1+.} 32. Rc2 Rd3 33. Kg2 c3 {( -> ... Rd2+)} 34. Kf2 d4 35. g4 b6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Ke2 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 31%.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Lyousef1"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "881"] [BlackElo "1814"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 (2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 {1-0 (32) Schrott,E-Ziltener,W (2101) Arco 2005}) 2... Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {C45 Scotch Game} 5. e5 {C45 Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit} Nxe5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nc3 (7. Nf5 Qb4+ 8. Nc3 d6 9. Ne3 Be7 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. O-O-O c6 12. f4 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 h5 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Bf3 Bf8 17. Rhe1 d5 18. Na4 Qd4 19. c4 Ng4 20. f5 Nh8 21. Bxg4 hxg4 {Rositsan, B-Ziatdinov,R (2515) Toronto 1998 0-1 (33)}) (7. Bf4 d6 8. Qb5+ Nc6+ 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxc7 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc7 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. O-O-O Rc6 16. Bb5 Rb6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Rxd6 Rb8 21. Rxf6 { 1-0 (21) Bojan,B (401)-Andreica,R (563) Voineasa 2008}) 7... d6 $146 (7... c6 8. Bg5 d5 9. O-O-O Nc4 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qg3 Ng6 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Rde1 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Bc5 15. Bd3+ Kf8 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Na4 Ba5 18. c3 Ne5 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. b4 Bc7 21. Nc5 Bd6 22. Nce6+ {Schrott,E-Ziltener,W (2101) Arco 2005 1-0 (32)}) 8. Qb5+ {-1.67/17} (8. Bg5 $11 {-0.24/20}) 8... Nc6+ {-0.75/22} (8... Bd7 $19 {-1.67/ 17 is more deadly. ( -> ...Nf3+)} 9. Qe2 h6) 9. Be2 $17 Qd7 10. O-O $2 { -6.01/20 [#]} (10. Qa4 $17 {-0.88/22}) 10... Nxd4 0-1